I loved #DeepRootedTree and love your description of it as a hagiography 💯, but I wouldn't say it's of a type with the 'contemporary historicals' that air on CTV. Especially because from what I've seen & read they are all very unglamorous & centred on ordinary people living ordinary lives

Drama recs challenge

Day 5: A Compelling Historical

As sageuk goes, you cannot do better than #DeepRootedTree, a #kdrama that combines one of the most significant events in Korean history with an intricate mystery plot and a brilliant central performance by #HanSukkyu as Yi Do (later King Sejong).

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Day 9: A drama from another year you watched in 2024 #EYDC2024

This was the year I finally watched the famous sageuk, #DeepRootedTree. Nominally about the creation of the Korean alphabet, it is an intricately plotted mystery that also depicts actual Joseon history, and often with unexpected humor.